taken 11 years ago, near to Winchelsea, East Sussex, Great Britain

Old Stone House

On the corner of High Street and Barrack Square. The house is reasonably new however the cellar entrance which can be viewed in the picture is medieval. There are 33 known cellars dating back to the origin of the new town of Winchelsea and another 18 believed to be in existence. They were built to house wine from the lucrative trade with Gascony and many are vaulted.

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The wonderfully talented Spike Milligan died in February 2002, aged 83, but since then his grave has remained bare except for a small cherub. However, that all changed yesterday (21 May 2004 ) when stonemasons arrived to fit a long-awaited headstone to his grave at St Thomas' church, Winchelsea, East Sussex.

The stone is inscribed with Milligan's now famous epitaph "I told you I was ill!" The phrase is inscribed on the 4ft-high stone in Gaelic, and reads: "Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite."